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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Schubert & Schumann22 June 1987, Studio A, Glasgow
Released on DVD for the first time – and the first release from ICA of this astounding artist – this is a rare glimpse into Ashkenazy as a pianist, in the intimate surroundings of a studio. Captured at the BBC’s Glasgow Studios in 1987 for their Music in Camera series, Ashkenazy demonstrates his talent and artistry as a pianist through this solo performance. Born in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), in Russia in 1937, Ashkenazy started playing piano at the age of six, showing prodigious talent. He defected from the Soviet Union to London in 1963, becoming an Icelandic citizen in 1972, and later taking up his current residence of Switzerland – all the while maintaining his artistic integrity. As his career as a pianist blossomed, he took up the baton, becoming principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the conductor laureate of the Czech Philharmonic. A multifaceted performer, his talents as a pianist helped him to mould a career that has been recognised with many rewards, including second prize at the 1955 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels a year later and joint first, together with John Ogdon, at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962. He is a multiple Grammy Award winner and is widely considered to be ‘one of the great virtuoso pianists of our era’ (The Guardian). This DVD showcases Ashkenazy at the peak of his powers as a pianist, performing Schubert’s Impromptus D946 Nos. 1 & 2 and the Wanderer Fantasy, alongside Schumann’s widely-loved Arabeske and Piano Sonata No.1 – a piece that is certainly an unusual and interesting choice for such a recital. His calm exterior means that all of his energy is projected into infusing this performance with the variety each piece affords. The recital demonstrates Ashkenazy’s versatility and musical skill through the extreme contrasts of the Impromptus, the lyrical, song-like grace and virtuosic flair of the Wanderer Fantasy, and the elegant yet exciting rendition of Schumann’s innovative Piano Sonata No.1. Sound format: Enhanced Mono DVD format: NTSC Picture format: 4:3 Running time: 82’ Subtitles: n/a Menu languages: English Booklet languages: E/F/G Region code: 0 Territory Restrictions: None | 
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| |  | Schumann: Symphonische Etuden, Arabesque & Waldszenen
“Helmchen's programme explores the extremes of Schumann as a piano composer, at both his most inward and his most virtuoso. I have a suspicion that he's more at ease in the former. The most successful readings of the Études symphoniques combine a delight in the physical with a mercurial charm.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 “At every stage, Helmchen takes full expressive advantage of Schumann’s
lyrical moments, but here again he doesn’t exaggerate them – clearly he is
a musician who believes that implied expression is just as important as explicit statement.” International Record Review |
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| |  | Vladimir Horowitz plays Schumann
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| |  | Schumann: Piano Works
Schumann's music is descriptive and poetic. He was, after Wagner, surely the most important writer of musical commentary among the musicians of his time, while his piano cycles like Papillons, Davidsbündlertänze, Carnaval, Kinderszenen and Kreisleriana couple personal feelings with poetic aspects. For about ten years, up to op. 23, Schumann wrote exclusively for the piano; it had been his instrument from the time of his youth, an affinity he shared with his later friend Frédéric Chopin, who was born in the same year as he was. The opus numbers of the four works on this CD follow directly upon one another, having been written in the same short period (1838/39); in spite of their differences in form, length and content, they have much in common. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Schumann - Kinderszenen, Arabesque, Variations Abegg, Papillons, Novelettes
“Pommier's coolly objective approach is admirably suited to the Novelletten and the early Abegg Variations.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2010 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Richard Farrell - The Complete Recordings, Volume 2
Brahms: | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 Klavierstücke (4), Op. 119 Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2 | Chopin: | Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Previously unreleased Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Previously unreleased Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major Previously unreleased Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind' Previously unreleased Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Previously unreleased | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) | Granados: | Goyescas: Quejas ó La Maja y el Ruiseñor | Liszt: | Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied) Hulanka (Drinking Song, after Chopin) | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto' | Rachmaninov: | Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E flat major First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor First ever stereo release | Schumann: | Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 |
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| |  | Schumann - Piano Works
The deeply personal Davidsbündlertänze –18 dances inspired by the imaginary ‘league of David’, the Arabeske -peaceful, equable and timeless, the Gesänge der Frühe - odes to the sunrise: all works on this cd are linked with powerful personal emotions of the composer. For Giacometti recording these works - that have been part of his musical development through the years - has been a long nourished dream. Paolo Giacometti records exclusively for Channel Classics. His impressive discography has been widely acclaimed by the international press. His recordings include Rossini’s complete piano works, a remarkable project that started in 1998. In Rossini’s homeland critics say: "… Rossini has finally found his pianist …". For the third recording of this series Giacometti was distinguished with the Edison Classical Music Award 2001. Paolo Giacometti’s recording of Schumann’s Humoreske, Fantasiestücke and Toccata has received the BBC Music Magazine’s Benchmark and Performance of Outstanding Quality distinctions. His recording of the Dvorák and Schumann piano concertos have been acclaimed by Gramophone as "… one of the best concerto disks I have heard in a long while …". Among his chamber music recordings, a recording with works by Schubert with cellist Pieter Wispelwey has received the Choc du Monde de la Musique and Luister 10 awards, while another recording with works by Chopin, Fauré and Poulenc, also with Pieter Wispelwey, has been awarded the Diapason d’or. Paolo Giacometti is also a dedicated piano professor at the Utrecht Conservatory of Music. “Here is a pianist who explores the inner recesses of Schumann's glowing romanticism with a delicate emotional fervour very much his own. Finely recorded, this most elegant and stylish pianist leaves you both troubled and elated as he captures to the hilt the very essence of a composer who once confessed "Sometimes I think I could sing myself to death".” Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Ignore Biss's over-the-top blog of a booklet note, and savour instead the fine and likeable playing of a true keyboard artist at work. The C major Fantasie sings and surges to the manner born, while Kreisleriana's switchbacking mood-shifts ad brilliantly caught.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Andras Schiff said of Horszowski’s Chopin: ‘It’s as though he had written the music himself. It’s unbelievably unpredictable, and yet it’s completely natural, and comes from within the composition. I learned a great deal about rubato from Horszowski, because he uses it in a way that’s like Chopin must have done: he never loses the pulse, and yet it’s played with great freedom.’ Recorded June 4th 1991. “Schumann's Arabeske is played with a tender simplicity that entrances. Of the Chopin group, the B major Nocturne is an outstanding example of Horszowski's long-breathed cantabile…” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 “…in Schumann's Träumerei - the perfect encore - Horszowski demonstrates why he was so revered by Murray Perahia and András Schiff.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Langdown Live in Concert
Recorded live in concert, University of Glasgow, 7th February 2002 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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